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NCT04945850

Can COVID-19 Persist in Intraocular Fluid?

Completed Last updated 23 September 2024
What this trial tests

trial testing routine care intraocular sx in Ocular Infection, Viral in 25 participants. Completed in 16 June 2022.

Timeline
16 June 2021
Primary endpoint
16 June 2022
16 June 2022

Quick facts

Lead sponsorVanderbilt University Medical Center
StatusCompleted
Study typeOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment25
Start date16 June 2021
Primary completion16 June 2022
Estimated completion16 June 2022
Sites1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Ocular Infection, Viral. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Several common viruses thrive and persist in intraocular fluid due to ocular immune privilege. Immune privilege is maintained by lack of lymphatic tissue, a strong blood ocular barrier, and regulation of the systemic immune response via immunosuppressive factors such as TGF-B and processes like anterior chamber associated immune deviation. Notable viruses that benefit from ocular immune sequestration include DNA viruses such as Herpes simplex virus, Varicella Zoster, Cytomegalovirus and RNA viruses like Ebola and Rubella.In light of the global 2019 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 virus (SARS CoV-2 or commonly COVID-19) pandemic, there has been growing interest on COVID-19's long term effects on the ocular system. Ocular symptoms at the time of diagnosis and during illness have been reported previously. The most commonly reported are epiphora, chemosis, and conjunctivitis. Less common were findings of retinal hemorrhages and retinal ischemic changes. Recent literature has demonstrated its presence in ocular fluid such as tears and the aqueous humor, but whether this is sustained for an extended period of time has yet to be determined. Long term effects of covid on the neurological system are being identified - large vessel ischemic strokes, cerebral hemorrhages, cranial nerve palsies, and memory loss in young adults are being reported. The persistence of COVID 19 in the intraocular fluid several months after covid infection has not been studied previously.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.

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